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Square Enix Plans To Take Over Tecmo

Today at 1pm Japan Time, Square Enix will be outlining its plans for a friendly takeover troubled game maker Tecmo. Square Enix's takeover would help the company gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. market with popular Tecmo titles like the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive games. What's more, Tecmo's games will help strengthen Square Enix's current portfolio, which is heavily dependent on RPGs.

This isn't the first time Square Enix has moved in on a beleaguered company. In August 2005, Square Enix acquired Taito and wholly owned the company as a subsidiary by September 2005.

FantasyStar6477d ago

whoa......ummm...I dunno what to say.

morganfell6477d ago

You can start by sating Ninja Gaiden is Multiplatform from now on.

INehalemEXI6477d ago (Edited 6477d ago )

I know exactly what to say ^^^^^ For those that never seen it, its a couple vids made by Monty Oum. DOA girls vs FF girls with excellent choreography.

http://www.youtube.com/watc... <- Oum may have just attained Prophet status... The Dead Fantasy Scrolls lol.

Oum is genius Tifa Drunken Master style downing pots....pure genius.

TheColbertinator6477d ago

Nice vids Demonstalker.Bubble +3000

Overr8ed6477d ago

wow, this is weird but i like the move.

Gamekilla6477d ago

enix was quite small and they are now square enix...will they now be square enix tecmo?

ninja gaiden multiplatform not guaranteed considering the vast amount of 360 exclusives SE is spewing out to decent but not great reviews...

morganfell6477d ago (Edited 6477d ago )

All the more reason for them to go Multiplatform. A title that is single platform and is under performing doesn't get left on that same platform alone on which it is under performing. The first thought is, "Time to shake things up" You can bet Sony will be doing the full court press.

You especially don't avoid the platform that has been shown to produce a very sleek version and also happens to be the platform growing worldwide at a much faster pace than the original hardware.

Fox016477d ago

Microsoft's so dumb, they should have bought the company, or atleast hire Itagaki.

sumfood4u6477d ago

Trapt was a Bad A$$ game for the PS2 video proof!

Bnet3436477d ago

Doesn't matter, Tecmo is pretty much souless without Team Ninja so I don't know what SE hopes t get from this. What Fatal Frame? for Wii? Uh huh, ok ... have fun with that. :P

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facepalm6477d ago

Here's what playing in my head right now:
"We are "Square-Enix" resistance is futile..."

Overr8ed6477d ago

all your base belongs to us.

deeznuts6477d ago

"all your base are belong to us"

TFIFY. your version wasn't fobby enough.

IzKyD13316477d ago (Edited 6477d ago )

why?
square's a pretty big company, but Im pretty sure their currently not rolling on cash....wouldn't it be smarter to put that money into new projects and not spend it all on a failing company that lost alot of employees?

Rock Bottom6477d ago

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (1.60m)
Final Fantasy IV DS (0.78m)
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (1.15m)
The World Ends With You (0.25m)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (0.62m)
Final Fantasy III (2.22m)
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War (0.63m)
Dragon Quest V DS (1.10m)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (1.91m)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (0.48m)
Final Fantasy PSP (0.28m)
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (1.28m)
And the lest goes on...

Almost every SE game is a hit, they're the "EA" of japan.

orakga6477d ago

Tecmo, regardless of its current financial status, still carries a powerful brand image in the industry. And with its current situation, this is a great time to pick them up at a cheap price. So it's a pretty smart and timely corporate move.

HOWEVER, as a consumer, I'm a little shocked by this. The Square-Enix, Sammy-Sega, Bandai-Namco all sorta made sense to me, but this one... somehow throws me off for some reason. It feels kind weird... kinda of EA-ish, if you will.

Oh well... I guess it was meant to happen eventually, but I see more and more Japanese companies become investor-driven corporations rather than entertainment companies.

/cry?

Ogrekiller6477d ago

KH3- now with ultimate techniques!

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-Foxtrot25d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle24d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7724d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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Relientk7729d ago

I remember playing this back in the day on PS2. What a sick game!

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ActualWhiteMan31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg30d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree30d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

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Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.